I was so excited to find a story for today…until I discovered it was the wrong story. But it turned out to be another great story. In fact, today’s tale may really be about the process of finding the story. Let me describe the process. I make it a standard procedure to start my search … More Bicentennial Christmas Baby
The staff at our museum has a very busy day today because it is Day 2 of the annual Christmas Country Church Tour and hundreds of visitors will likely walk through our doors today between 10 o’clock this morning until 9 o’clock tonight. Therefore, I will post this story that was published back in 2017. … More The Tree Stories Continue
I am not presently in Altenburg and have a busy Sunday schedule with a granddaughter, so you are once again getting a post from the past. In fact, the attached story is the very first one that I published on December 15th after our new website was established in early 2016. For a long time, … More A Christmas Tradition from Days Gone By
On this Christmas morning, I witnessed a trio of grandchildren waiting in eager anticipation to open some presents. They had to wait for their parents to awaken before they could unwrap their gifts. A similar feeling must have existed for a lot of couples who had to wait until after Christmas came before they could get married. It … More Numerous Noel Nuptials
Back in 2016, the first year of this blog, the attached article was the first post written for Christmas Eve. It highlights Martin Luther’s famous Christmas hymn, From Heaven Above (Von Himmel Hoch) and another hymn especially written for the German Lutheran immigration that took place in 1838-1839. Although we don’t have the music for that hymn, … More Song of the Stephanists – Christmas Aboard the Olbers
I am publishing an old story again today. This one was not written by me, but by our previous museum director, Carla Jordan. I am by no means an expert in the art department, but Carla is. She wrote this post about a piece of art that is part of the Christmas history at Trinity Lutheran Church in … More Triptych Altar Art
It’s that time of the year. We prepare our museum for the upcoming Christmas season. Each year, we open our annual display of Christmas trees on or around November 15th. In order to make that happen, we have to start the process of getting that exhibit ready prior to that date. So, today, we began. … More It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Instead of writing a family history today, I worked on producing this year’s video for our annual Christmas Tree Exhibit at our museum. The exhibit will begin today and continue until January 17th. You are going to want to see it. Please share this video with others.
We have some incredible bells within the landscape of the Lutheran Heritage Center: the beautiful historic bell at Trinity Church, and the First Church bell, cast in Spain near the same time as our country’s Liberty Bell. I also love the carillon tones from our beloved Immanuel Church in Altenburg. We have already told their … More I Heard the Bells…
As we approach the end of 2019 and look forward to a new decade, we who are involved in the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society and the Lutheran Heritage Center & Musuem recognize that our gracious God has blessed us in so many ways. Allow me to give you a little taste of our year … More God Has Been So Good to Us
